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Context: A psychological experiment conducted by the army through Eastman Kodak Company advertisements as explained by Robert Yerkes in 1912. Reference: Yerkes, R. M. et al. (1912) ‘The class experiment in psychology with advertisements as materials’, Journal of Educational Psychology. […]

Description: Ellis Island was an immigration station which opened in 1892 with the purpose of screening all immigrants to identify and exclude the ones having a mental deficiency. Because many of the workers at this island were passionate about the […]

Yemenite Jews en route from Aden to Israel, during the Operation Magic Carpet (1949–1950). Context: NEWS REPORTS: “Last year, there were 1,652 antisemitic incidents in the UK, a 16% increase on the year before, including verbal abuse on the streets. […]

Description: The transatlantic cable, completed in July 1866, was the beginning of distance telecommunications. It was created by Cyrus W. Field and built in New York. Reference: Atlantic Cable: The Eighth Wonder of the World

Description: A device “for giving general electric treatment for psychological effect, in psycho-neurotic cases” during the war. The electroconvulsive therapy was first used on a human being in 1938. Licence: Bergonic Chair by Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health […]